Chapter 116: Flamboyant Mustache Miguel
Chapter 116: Flamboyant Mustache Miguel
I'll check on Marie after she wakes up. For now, there's another important matter.
"Who are you?"
I asked the court mage that was not invited here.
"I'm Miguel. His majesty personal bodyguard. Who are you?" He answered and threw back a question.
"Doesn't matter. Are you loyal to Albert?"
"Huh? Are you crazy? Why did you call his majesty so casually? Do you have a death wish?"
"Answer my question! This is also Albert's question. Just answer me!"
If Albert's lie detection activated, I will cut him down at once. Even if he's not loyal to the king but loyal to the country itself, I will still kill him.
"Of course I am! Who do you think you are?"
Instead of replying, I turned my head and looked at Albert. He nodded his head. Which mean this Miguel is loyal to him. Then I should ask him another question.
"Then do you swear to never reveal what happened in this room and what will you hear soon?"
If he has any intention to reveal what happened today to anyone and lied in front of Albert's face, I'll kill him.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Just answer his question. Miguel, do you swear to never reveal today's matter?"
Confused at first, but Albert asked him the same question and told him to answer, Miguel promised to the king he will never reveal it.
"I promise. With my life on the line, I will never reveal anything that happened today to anyone even to my own family."
"Good. I trust you. Now, listen carefully to what I have to say."
Albert told Miguel about the truth that there's an evil organization planning to destroy the world. He also asked some question like if Miguel belong to any secret organization or not. Seems like Miguel can be trusted. Albert never said anything about his ability activated.
It's nice to find more ally. I hope there will be more of them and I will have nothing to do. That way, even if Candy and the others asked me to do a mission by Albert, I have reason to refuse them. I'll just say that he has a lot of allies so he doesn't need me anymore.
After all, no matter how strong I became, I will never be able to defeat strength by numbers.
Is that something a man who defeated dozens of mages in a cave should say? No, but it's something a coward says.
I have to learn the coward way better. Does Shameless Survival Arts count? It has been a while since I used it.
As I finished checking on the babies' and Marie's physical condition, Albert also finished talking with the newcomer, Mustache Miguel.
"Are you done talking with Mustache?"
"His name is Miguel."
"Mustache Miguel."
"You… sigh. Now I there's a picture of mustache floating in my mind. I can't erase them." Albert said.
"So, who is Mustache?" I asked about Mustache's identity.
"Mustache is… wait! His name is Mustaguel! No, Mus… Miguel!"
"It's confirmed. His name is Mustaguel."
"My name is Miguel, you bastard!" Mustache then protested that I called him wrong.
"Miguel Yubas Tart?"
"Just Miguel!"
Let's ignore the moving mustache and just ask Albert.
"Mustache is my personal bodyguard. After you killed Tim and making a ruckus here, everyone thought that I needed a bodyguard at all time since you can enter here unnoticed. They decided to send him since he's of similar age with me and he will soon reach Expert level I heard. We all have hope that he will be the strongest mage in the court." Albert told me about Miguel.
Wait! Mustache? Bodyguard? Mustache? Expert level mage? Mustache?
"You're the Flamboyant Mustache Miguel!"
"Flamboyant what?"
I remember now! He's the one who fought together with Albert the longest. How could I forget about that mustache?
Back when I joined the war as a hunter in my last year of my life, I along with other hunter were under the leadership of the Flamboyant Mustache troop. Though in the end, we hunters choose to fight without following any orders.
"He's the one who fought together with you the longest. Flamboyant Mustache is the troop he led during the war. He was the strongest mage in this kingdom. People always compared him with the Elemental Master Angela. But Angela has more elements which makes people think that she's the strongest mage." I explained that Mustache is someone who fought against the cult as well.
"So he's well-known in the future… because of his mustache?" Albert asked.
"Because of his mustache."
"Why my mustache? Why not my power people know me for?" Mustache looked like he's about to cry.
"For one, the flag of your troop you led is a picture of mustache. Now that I know Albert, I think it was him who told you to do that."
Hearing what I said, Albert thinking about something for a while.
"Great. Mustaguel, you are forbidden to shave that mustache of yours." Albert gave an order to Mustache
"Why?!" Mustache asked.
"So you have a trademark of your own."
Good idea, Albert. Now it's confirmed that he will be called Mustache or Mustaguel from now on.
Thirty years is a long time. And my memory suck. I don't remember much about other famous people who fought the cult. But if I encountered them like I did today with the Flamboyant Mustache, I might remember them. Although some of them are haven't been born yet.
While we were talking about Mustache's mustache, Marie awoke.
"Ugh…"
"Don't move. Just lay still on the bed and rest."
"How's my babies?" the first thing she asked is her babies.
"They both are alive and healthy. The girl has an ice element innate talent. She will be powerful in the future. Shirley is taking care of them together with Victoria and Sonia. For now I'll check if you have any psychological issue. Answer my question. If you found Albert cheating on you, what will you do?"
"Smash his balls!" Marie answered without hesitation.
"Good. You're fine."
"Wait! What was that about? Why my balls?" Albert looked afraid when he heard that.
"It's fine as long as you don't cheat. So it doesn't matter to you, right?" Marie put an evil smile on her face. Scary…
"Umm. Excuse me your majesty. You told me to keep things here as secret, right? Everyone knows that the queen is pregnant with only one baby. So what should we do now?" Mustache asked something I also curious about.
I mean, the only reason I told them to keep it secret is so no one from the cult will know about the twins in case something happened. Now what to do?
"We have discussed it. The girl will somewhere else in a safe place together with Ian. Now that Mustaguel has become our ally, I can have Ian protect my daughter. As for my son, we will raise him as the future king of the kingdom." Albert looked at Ian.
"I shall do my best." Ian bowed at Albert.
"She will be raised like a commoner, but she will be taught that we are her parent and she has a twin brother." Albert said.
Well, however the family decide the daughter's fate is not my problem. I have played my part as the doctor. Now I only have to help him killing traitors while I'm still in the capital.
"That's why, Roy, please take care of my daughter."
"I see… wait, what?! How did it end up with me raising her?"
What the hell is going on here?
"We have discussed it with Sonia and your girlfriends and friends through her. They said that they will gladly do it. From now on, Ian and my daughter will be a part of your family."
"What?! Sonia!"
Sonia appeared in front of me.
"You said that you want to have the house filled with kids. She will be one of them. It might be a good idea as well since it's the safest place we know for now. Everyone has agreed as well. And Angela also said that once the baby grows up, she will teach her about ice magic. I just told everyone about the baby girl born with innate ice element magic and they are so happy to hear it."
"What?!"
Then Albert interrupted spoke.
"So, please take care of our daughter. Now that has been decided, we will now proceed to give a name to the babies."
"Albert! I haven't agreed to it yet!" I tried to protest.
"Roy. Even if you don't agree, if any one among your friends who live with you choose to agree, they are free to do what they want to do. And other than you, everyone has agreed. Even if you don't want to take care of her, the other will do it. It's not your decision." It was Victoria who answered.
So she also take part in this charade? And I'm the only one who don't know? Should I just kick everyone out of my house?
I slumped down and finally figured out what's wrong in this timeline.
It's relationship. As long as I made some kind of connection with anyone, trouble will always appear. If I choose to be alone, even if trouble come, I can just run away. But now, if trouble come, unless everyone choose to run away, I won't be able to run away without them.
Conclusion: Personal relationship will cause trouble you can't escape from.
Solution: Break off any relationship I have.
I can't do that! I'm a lonely man who can't live alone!
"Sigh… I give up. So, what's their name?" I surrender myself to fate.
"The boy's name will be Alan and the girl's name will be Lana. Please take care of Lana for me."
"...I'll try."